The Taifa of Albarracín () was a medieval

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kingdom. The polity existed from 1012 to 1104, and was centered at the city of

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. It was led by the Berber dynasty of the Banu Razin tribe, which arrived in the peninsula after the conquest of

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Downfall

In 1167, under the pressure from the ongoing wars between the

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and the new invasions by the

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. The Moorish King Muhammad ibn Mardanis ceded the Taifa of Albarracín to a

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, a noble from

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named Pedro Ruiz de Azagra. The title was granted to d'Azagra due to his support of the Navarrese Crown against

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and Alfonso I of Aragón (Alfonso the Battler). In 1172, Pero Ruíz d'Azagra managed to consolidate his power over the Señorío making that territory independent of the other Christian kingdoms in the region. In 1190, with the signing of the

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, between

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and

, the two monarchs agreed to a defensive pact against

which gave official legitimacy to the Sinyoría d'Albarrazín with respect to the two kingdoms.

List of Emirs

Banu Razin

* Hudayl Djalaf 'Izz ad-Dawla: 1012–1045 *

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: 1045–1103 * Yahya Husam ad-Dawla: 1103–1104

References

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Downfall

List of Emirs

Banu Razin

See also

References